Public Lecture — Prof. Tom Abel: How Things in the Universe Came About & How They Ended Up Within Us?

Professor Tom Abel will take the audience on a journey through the early stages of the universe, using the latest computer animations of how the first stars formed and died and how stars built up the first galaxies. His work has shown that the first luminous objects in the universe were massive stars, shining one … Continue reading "Public Lecture — Prof. Tom Abel: How Things in the Universe Came About & How They Ended Up Within Us?"

ECLIPSE 2017 @ GT

Dear Georgia Tech Faculty and Staff, The great American eclipse will sweep across the U.S. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, the first day of the Fall 2017 semester. Over Atlanta, the eclipse will start shortly after 1 PM, maximum overlap will occur at 2:37 PM, and the sun and moon will part ways completely at … Continue reading "ECLIPSE 2017 @ GT"

Understanding the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics: From the pioneering theoretical work on black holes, to observing the galactic center of our Milky Way

Join us virtually on BlueJeans as Georgia Tech School of Physics professor and Glen P. Robinson Chair in Nonlinear Sciences Chair Predrag Cvitanović and Emory University Senior Lecturer and Director … Continue reading "Understanding the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics: From the pioneering theoretical work on black holes, to observing the galactic center of our Milky Way"